Trolley guard and replacer.



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TROLLEY GUARD AN'D HEI LACER'.

Be it known that we, JESSEWJ. SCHULTZ and WILLIAM C. TAGGART, citizens of the United::States, residin in Richmond, in the county of Wayne and tate of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Trolley Guards and Replacers, of

. trolley wire.

Another object, broadly stated, is to provide a device for the purposes stated which will be neat and attractive in appearance,

strong and durable in construction, easily operated and controlled, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

Other objects andparticular advantages will be brought out in the course of the ensuing description, and the particular points which are new will be correlated in the appended claims.

One manner for carrying out the objects of our invention,-and that which in practice has been found to be the most practical, is shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, in which Figure 1 shows a side elevation of our invention in operative position, and as applied in connection with an ordinary car and trolley wire. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of our invention. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the prong members. Fig. 4 is a rear end elevation, partly in section, as taken on the line :c-x of Fi 1. And Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view ta en through one of the rongs.

Simi ar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that our invention may be more fully understood and its 'advanta es fully appreciated we will now take up a etail despecifica'tion of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 25, 1908. Serial No. 484,791.

Patented peace, 190s.

scription thereof in which we will describe, the same as briefly and as comprehensively as we may.

The letter A denotes thetop ortion of an electric trolley-car; the letter B denotes the trolley-pole, which is ivoted on the car A. The letter C denotes t e trolley-harp carried on the upper end of the pole. The letterD denotes the trolley-whee which is revolubly mounted in the harp in the usual manner.

The letter E denotes the cord attached to the harp and extends down below the to of the car'to be in reach of the attendant. d the letter F denotes the feed or trolley wire. All of said parts are of the usual common construction, or they may be otherwise constructed or arranged if desired.

Our invention proper comprises two oppositely disposed complementary (prong memers, 1 and 2. The stems of sai prongs are ada ted to clamp around the u per portion tion of the harp C, where theyare secure by a pluralitypf bolts 3. From theirstem ortions said prong members project back an up wards and thendownward and outward and a art in compound curves, substantially as indicated in the drawings. The central portions of said prongs are such distance a art as to be located on each side of the wheel and rising slightly thereaboveand located near thereto. When said prongs are properly located, and the device is in operative position, the points will be slightly lower than the wire F, while their central arched ortions will be slightly thereabove, also ex ending slightly above the periphery of the wheel D, as shown in Fig. 1, with. their free ends extending rearward, outward, and slightly downward, as indicated in the drawings. Said prongs are, preferably, formed deltoid or triangular in cross-section, substantially as shown in Fig. 4.

When our invention is applied as set forth, it is apparent that the central arched portion 0 the rongs located adjoining each side of the w eel D, will contribute to preventing getting out of the channel of 7 5 of t e trolley-pole B or around t e lower orthe details of construction without departing from the spirit of our invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having now fully shown and described our invention,what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is 1. A trolley guard and replacer comprising, a pair of oppositely disposed prongs which are complements of each other, a clamp formed by the base of each of the rongs, bolts for securing the clamp where y the prongs are caused to extend along the sides of a trolley-wheel, said prongs projecting rearwardly and flaring apart, a tie for de tachably connecting the rearward portions of the prongs and securedby bolts to the undersides of the prongs, all substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with a trolley-pole and a harp, a wheel revolubly mounted in the 2 harp, a pair of oppositely disposedprong members 'aving their stem portions clamped around the pole and then extendin' upward, rearwards, outwards, and slightly downwards, in easy curves, formin segments of 2 circles on each side of the whee and projecting slightly above the highest oints of the wheel, all substantially as sl iown and described. 4

In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE J. SCHULTZ. WILLIAM C. TAGGART.

, Witnesses:

R. W. RANDLE, R. E. RANDLE. 

